Hutamares, Michelle E.

A wastewater treatment plant will receive 128 flow of a m3/day with a raw wastewater BOD5
of 264 and a BOD3 of 244. Treatment removes 89% of the BOD. The flow rate of the return
sludge and the wasted sludge are 5% and 0.05%, respectively of the influent flow rate.
Design the volume (m3) required to run the plant as a "high rate" facility (F/M = 0.3 kg
BOD/kg MLSS-day). The aeration basin MLSS concentration will be maintained at 1.490
with 25% increase in the wasted sludge. Design the volume of air required per day and the
horsepower requirement of the blower for the diffuser (the number depends on your design)
with the required piping of 8 inches in diameter and a length of 1200 feet. The blower is at 1
atm and 30 °C.

AIR

MLSS = 1.490
Influentmg/L
Q= 128 m3/day
S= 264 mg/L CLARIFIER Effluent
AERATOR
Q= 127.936 m3/day
BOD5 = 29.04 mg/L

QReturn= 6.4 m3/day

L=1200 ft
ID= 8 inches

BLOWER QWasted= 0.064 m3/day

1 atm, 30 C

Required:
 Volume of the reactor, VR
 Volume of air
 Power of blower in hp
Solution:

m3 m3
Return sludge = 0.05 128 ( day )
=6.4
day

mg mg
BOD = (1−0.89) 264 ( L )
=29.04
L
 kg kg

( 128
m 3

day
×264
mg
L
× 0.001
m3
mg
L
+ 6.4
m3
day )(
×29.04
mg
L
× 0.001
m3
mg
L
)
=(128+ 6.4)(S o )

kg
So =0.2528
m3

Q o =( 128+ 6.4 ) m 3=134.4 m 3

F So Q o
=
M XVR

kg m3

0.3=
( 0.2528
m3)( 134.4
day )
( 1 .49 ) V R

V R=76 m3 ¿

Let h=2 m

90 m 3=L ×W ×2 m

45 m 3=L ×W
L=9 m; W =5 m

−5 k
264 BOD u ( 1−e )
=
244 BOD u ( 1−e−3 k )

1−e−5 k
1.082=
1−e−3 k
k =0.789
264 mg
BODu= =269.21
1−e−5 (0.789)
L

BOD 5 264
f= = =0.9806
BOD 3 269.21

S o−S
O2 required=Qo ( f )−1.42Q w X w

mg kg 1000 L kg
S=29.04 × × =0.02904 3
L 1 ×10 6 mg m 3
m
 m3 m3
Q w =0.0005 128 ( day )
=0.064
day

kg kg

O2 required=134.4
m
day
3
( 0.2528
m 3
−0.02904 3

0.9806
m
) (
−1.42 0.064
m3
day ) ( kg
(1.25) 1.49 3
m )
kg 1000 g 1 mol mol
O 2 required=30.499 × × =953.09
day kg 32 g day

PV =nRT
mol Latm
(
1 atm ( V air )= 953.09
day )(
0.08206
mol K )
( 30+273.15 ) K

L 1 m3
(
V air = 23,709.53 ×
day 1000 L )( 0.211 )
m3
V air =112.90
day

3 3
m3 (3.28) ft 1 day 1 hr ft 3
q s=112.90 × × × =2.7666
day m3 24 hr 60 min min

μ= [161+ 0.28 ( 86 ) ] × 10−4 =185 ×10−4 cP

Inside diameter (ID) = 8 inches

ft 3
N ℜ=
28.4 qs
=
(
28.4 2.7666
min )
dμ ¿¿

64 64
friction factor for laminar flow= = =0.1206
N ℜ 530.89
m
PV = RT
MW
g
m
=ρ=
(1 atm) 29 ( mol ) =1.1658
g lb
≈ 0.0728 3
V L atm L ft
( 0.08206 mol K)
( 30+273.15 ) K

ft 3
2.7666
min ft min ft
velocity air = 2
=7.9257 × =0.132
π 8 min 60 s s
4 12( )
ft
 2
ft
hi =( v 2
1.096
ρ= )
1.096
s
( )
0.132
0.0728
lb
ft 3
1 psi
hi =0.00106∈H 2 O × =0.000038 psi
27.7076∈H 2 O

h L =f ( DL ) h =0.1206 ¿
i

1 psi
h L =0.239∈H 2 O × =0.0086 psi
27.7076∈H 2 O

Distance between each diffuser: 0.50 m

For 9 m = 18 diffusers
For 5 m = 10 diffusers
Total number of diffusers = 180 m

1000 kg m3 1 ft 3 2.2lb 3.28 ft

Hydraulic pressure = ρh= ( m 3
× 3 3
×
(3.28) ft (12) ¿ 3 3
×
kg
2 m×
)(m
×12 ¿
ft )
Hydraulic P=2.84 psi
For 180 diffusers = 180 (2.84 psi) = 511.2 psi
P2=511.2 psi+0.0086 psi=511.2086 psi

0.1524(Q)( Pi )(X )
Blower power∈hp=
η
0.283
ft 511.2086 psi

Blower power∈hp=
(
0.1524 2.7666
s ) [(
(14.7 psi)
14.7 psi ) −1 ]
0.70
Blower power∈hp=15.32 hp